The City Of Coventry

Author : Jason Begley,Tom Donnelly,David Jarvis,Paul Sissons
Publisher : Springer
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030228224

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Revival of a City by Jason Begley,Tom Donnelly,David Jarvis,Paul Sissons Pdf

In 2021 Coventry celebrates being the national City of Culture. Modern Coventry is a product of successive rounds of industrial, economic and social developments driven by regional, national and global forces. This book presents a timely opportunity to reflect on this rich, and often misunderstood, history. The book examines the development of industry, services, infrastructure and social transformation, and the role which globalising forces have played in influencing these, particularly since the 1950s. It looks at the experiences of the city of Coventry in responding to the challenges of socioeconomic change, technological advances, reconstruction and renewal. Issues of investment, economic decline, reconstruction, employment change and local and national governance are all considered in assessing the story of modern Coventry, a city influenced by new industries and development opportunities while still being shaped by its historical economic challenges. By focusing on the case of Coventry this book contributes to debates surrounding urban structural change, economic diversification and resilience from the perspective of a medium-sized city.

Author : Adrian Smith
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2006-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857718365

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The City of Coventry by Adrian Smith Pdf

The image of Coventry in flames was one of the most haunting of the Second World War. Yet the excitement and optimism of the 1950s and 1960s were succeeded by a quarter century of urban blight and economic slump. The collapse of manufacturing industry - machine tools, aeroplanes, cars - left a proud community adrift and demoralised. Today a revitalised twenty-first century city, Coventry has embraced the new millennium and evolved from bleak post-industrial desert to vibrant cultural oasis, in the process rediscovering a sense of purpose and a vision for the future. "The City of Coventry" tells the story of an experiment in social democracy carried out by a Labour-controlled council which envisaged the bomb shattered city as a model of urban regeneration and imaginative planning. Post-war reconstruction could be a striking success, as in the pedestrian-friendly Precinct and the bold new cathedral, or a notable failure as in the ever more intrusive ring roads and grim high-rise flats. In offering a fresh perspective on the city, this innovative volume of essays rediscovers Coventry as an inspiration for poets and painters such as Philip Larkin and Terry Frost, musicians as varied as Benjamin Britten and The Specials, and film-makers such as Humphrey Jennings, whose "Heart of Britain" was shot in the immediate aftermath of the Blitz. Adrian Smith skilfully mixes memoir, family history and meticulous scholarship to paint a complete and incisive portrait of Coventry. Drawing on new research into topics as diverse as the place of Surrealism in West Midlands culture and the shadowy presence of rugby league in a union bastion, Smith brings a unique insight into the recent history of his native city. Attractively presented, highly readable and with broad appeal, "The City of Coventry" is a lively re-examination of an iconic city of the twentieth century illuminating the profound changes that engulfed industrial England during and after the Second World War.

Author : Henry William HAWKES
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1843
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026749172

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The History and Antiquities of the City of Coventry, Selected from Ancient Records of the Earliest Authentic Period to the Present Time; Containing a Concise Description of the Public Buildings, Forming a Complete Coventry Guide ... With an Abstract of the New Boundary Bill, Etc by Henry William HAWKES Pdf

Author : Coventry (England). City Council,Forward Publicity Limited
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Coventry (England)
ISBN : 0717406229

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The City of Coventry Official Street Plan by Coventry (England). City Council,Forward Publicity Limited Pdf

Author : Helen Humphreys
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0393067203

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Coventry by Helen Humphreys Pdf

On the night of the Luftwaffe's devastating bombing of Coventry, two women traverse the city and transform their hearts.

Author : Linda Monckton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351570886

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Coventry: Medieval Art, Architecture and Archaeology in the City and its Vicinity by Linda Monckton Pdf

The British Archaeological Association's 2007 conference celebrated the material culture of medieval Coventry, the fourth wealthiest English city of the later middle ages. The nineteen papers collected in this volume set out to remedy the relative neglect in modern scholarship of the city's art, architecture and archaeology, as well as to encompass recent research on monuments in the vicinity. The scene is set by two papers on archaeological excavations in the historic city centre, especially since the 1970s, and a paper investigating the relationships between Coventry's building boom and economic conditions in the city in the later middle ages. Three papers on the Cathedral Priory of St Mary bring together new insights into the Romanesque cathedral church, the monastic buildings and the post-Dissolution history of the precinct, derived mainly from the results of the Phoenix Initiative excavations (19992003). Three more papers provide new architectural histories of the spectacular former parish church of St Michael, the fine Guildhall of St Mary and the remarkable surviving west range of the Coventry Charterhouse. The high-quality monumental art of the later medieval city is represented by papers on wall-painting (featuring the recently conserved Doom in Holy Trinity church), on the little-known Crucifixion mural at the Charterhouse, and on a reassessment of the working practices of the famous master-glazier, John Thornton. Two papers on a guild seal and on the glazing at Stanford on Avon parish church consider the evidence for Coventry as a regional workshop centre for high quality metalwork and glass-painting. Beyond the city, three papers deal with the development of Combe Abbey from Cistercian monastery to country house, with the Beauchamp family's hermitage at Guy's Cliffe, and with a newly identified stonemasons' workshop in the 'barn' at Kenilworth Abbey. Two further papers concern the architectural patronage of the earls and dukes of Lancaster in the 14th century at Kenilworth Castle and in the Newarke at Leicester Castle.

Author : Coventry (England). City Council
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Coventry (England)
ISBN : OCLC:13671519

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City of Coventry by Coventry (England). City Council Pdf

Author : Graham Kempster
Publisher : Tempus Publishing, Limited
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Coventry (England)
ISBN : 0752433571

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The City of Coventry by Graham Kempster Pdf

This pictorial history traces some of the dramatic changes and developments that have taken place in the city of Coventry during the last century.This collection of 170 old photographs are drawn largely from the archives of the Coventry Evening Telegraph; the local daily newspaper which has served the people of Coventry since 1891. They highlight some of the important events that occured in the city during this time, including the arrival of the railway at the end of the nineteenth centyrt and the blitz bombing during the Second World War which devastated the streets and public houses, shops and industry, to sporting events, leisure pursuits and, of course, the local townspeople.Accompanied by supporting text, this book is a valuable pictorial history which will reawaken nostalgic memories for some, while offering a unique glimpse of this city's proud heritage for others.

Author : Rachel Cusk
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-17
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780374717438

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Coventry by Rachel Cusk Pdf

NPR's Favorite Books of 2019 Rachel Cusk redrew the boundaries of fiction with the Outline Trilogy, three “literary masterpieces” (The Washington Post) whose narrator, Faye, perceives the world with a glinting, unsparing intelligence while remaining opaque to the reader. Lauded for the precision of her prose and the quality of her insight, Cusk is a writer of uncommon brilliance. Now, in Coventry, she gathers a selection of her nonfiction writings that both offers new insights on the themes at the heart of her fiction and forges a startling critical voice on some of our most urgent personal, social, and artistic questions. Coventry encompasses memoir, cultural criticism, and writing about literature, with pieces on family life, gender, and politics, and on D. H. Lawrence, Françoise Sagan, and Kazuo Ishiguro. Named for an essay Cusk published in Granta (“Every so often, for offences actual or hypothetical, my mother and father stop speaking to me. There’s a funny phrase for this phenomenon in England: it’s called being sent to Coventry”), this collection is pure Cusk and essential reading for our age: fearless, unrepentantly erudite, and dazzling to behold.

Author : David McGrory
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Coventry (England)
ISBN : 0947764917

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The City of Coventry by David McGrory Pdf

Author : James Adams
Publisher : eBook Partnership
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-04
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781801500340

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Attached to Coventry City by James Adams Pdf

Why would a normal teenager throw his heart and soul into an average Third Division football club for almost a decade, only to walk away from them at the height of their success? After abandoning that club for 20 years, what would cause him to rekindle his passion in a conversion-like experience, and then stick with the club for the rest of his life? The answers lie in the psychology of attachment. This is the story of James Adams and his support of Coventry City, from the days of Billy Frith to Mark Robins. It's an account that delves into the crucial yet poorly understood psychological aspects of football fandom to uncover truths that every football fan can relate to. Join James on a rollercoaster ride as he asks important questions of himself and his life alongside a backdrop of footballing highs and lows, including three Wembley victories and four promotions, as well as FA Cup debacles for the Sky Blues. Attached to Coventry City is a highly personal, honest and reflective account of the unusual story of a lifelong football fan.

Author : Coventry (England). City Council
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : City planning
ISBN : PSU:000032357349

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City of Coventry 1966 Review of the Development Plan: Analysis and Statement by Coventry (England). City Council Pdf

Author : Reginald W. Ingram
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Amusements
ISBN : 0719008379

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Coventry by Reginald W. Ingram Pdf

Author : Les Ryan
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781291083415

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A Coventry Kid by Les Ryan Pdf

This collection of memoirs and newspaper articles, (previously printed in The Coventry Evening Telegraph), charts the fascinating story of an ordinary boy growing up in extraordinary times. Les Ryan offers a priceless snapshot of working class life during the twentieth century. Starting from his birth during the First World War, Les' memoirs progress through 1920s poverty and strife, the 1930s Depression, early manual jobs, his time spent serving in the army during World War II, the tough post-War years working on a car factory assembly-line and his time working as a Special for the Coventry Police during the 1960s. A priceless piece of social history with tales of sadness, joy and hilarity.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1815
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555094192

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Papers by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Pdf